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[rom_omnia2]

Yes, he enabled a lot of things and that's what made it bigger. What i'm saying is that a "huge" kernel with a lot of useless options enabled don't help in perfomance at all. When i was enabling IPTables i noticied it, kernel was getting bigger and system was getting unstable. That's why i didn't shared the kernel with iptables enabled, wasn't stable, but it works. If anyone want it to play with firewall i can upload.

I'll take a better look at this improvements and try to extract this widget picker scrolling speed improvement, it works very well. At Cyanogenmod Beta 2 widget picker is quite slow.

[Bassvix]

Like me.
After test two versions of Ominadroid, the last version (currently for download) I cant test, doesnt work.

My SD has 1GB, but I even use my MyStorage created partitions.

Dargor, on 13 April 2012 - 02:23 AM, said:

I was never able to install the last beta on my omnia's storage.. I cant install in the SD card because the metal piece that was holding the SD card broke.. and I cant put the sd card anymore.. so my only option was to install in my storage..


since there is no guide to install this beta y tried to install the same way that the beta 1s but not susccess there.. it just stuck in "loading android" screen..


if anyone suscceeds on install in "my storage" can please share with me the way.. because I cant

[olivex]

djhoulio, on 15 April 2012 - 05:20 PM, said:

Try again not to format only. Delete the FAT 32 partition and then create new one. (Don't forget as primary).
I did it 3 days ago. First I only formated the FAT32 and nothing happened. Then I deleted the partition, created a new one and it worked.

Indeed I recreated the FAT32 partition. In fact I didn't know the FAT32 partition didn't take the whole space, it wa only 1.x GB (asides ext3 1GB and swap 128MB), while there was 1GB unallocated space before it. So I deleted the FAT32 partition and created a new one, taking all spaces, so it is now 2.x GB. Then I formatted it. But, CM still cannot see it.

[nikkotsoi]

rom_omnia2, on 17 April 2012 - 08:34 PM, said:

Yes, it's booting. But i'm talking about kernel 2.6.32 with improvements, not the 3.0.8 (going to test it later).

The only improvement that i clearly noticied so far is "Widget picker scrolling speed increase". It was terrible slow, now is normal (or even we can call it fast).



Ok, like i said, didn't noticied many difference so far.

Also, take a look here for compile guide. Message me if you have any question, i'm not that expert either but could try to help.

i think it is good (or maybe necessary) for us to compile the 3.0 kernel since the spica 2.3.3 with kernel 3.0 has got huge improvement in 3D performance(new driver) . and 3d performance is one of the most big problem on our i8000

[djhoulio]

olivex, on 18 April 2012 - 04:03 AM, said:

Indeed I recreated the FAT32 partition. In fact I didn't know the FAT32 partition didn't take the whole space, it wa only 1.x GB (asides ext3 1GB and swap 128MB), while there was 1GB unallocated space before it. So I deleted the FAT32 partition and created a new one, taking all spaces, so it is now 2.x GB. Then I formatted it. But, CM still cannot see it.

I don't know why it's not working to your phone but give it again a try.I made some screenshots from my sd partitioning. Maybe something is missunderstood.
When android (just after boot) alert you for damaged card ignore the message and don't format it on android. Turn on Winmo and connect the phone to PC with
massive storage mode/sd card. Windows may prompt you to format the disc, ignore the message (don't push even cancel).

1.Open minitool p.m. and select the FAT32 partition.
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2.Delete FAT32 partition.
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3.Create in the unallocated space, a FAT32 primary partition.
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4.save settings.
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If this doesn't work, make a clean install of beta2 and try again. For some reason when I format the card (as I prompt by the OS in android, winmo or win7), it either
delete (all partitions) or do nothing.I did 4 clean installs the beta2 until I realized that and made it work.

[olivex]

djhoulio, on 18 April 2012 - 10:45 AM, said:

I don't know why it's not working to your phone but give it again a try.I made some screenshots from my sd partitioning. Maybe something is missunderstood.
When android (just after boot) alert you for damaged card ignore the message and don't format it on android. Turn on Winmo and connect the phone to PC with
massive storage mode/sd card. Windows may prompt you to format the disc, ignore the message (don't push even cancel).

1.Open minitool p.m. and select the FAT32 partition.
1.JPG

2.Delete FAT32 partition.
2.JPG

3.Create in the unallocated space, a FAT32 primary partition.
3.JPG

4.save settings.
4.JPG

If this doesn't work, make a clean install of beta2 and try again. For some reason when I format the card (as I prompt by the OS in android, winmo or win7), it either
delete (all partitions) or do nothing.I did 4 clean installs the beta2 until I realized that and made it work.

Thank you, you are very helpful. Let me try it again. Probably I will erase everything on SD card, use minitool to re-partition and re-format all partitions, then re-install beta2. Let me what happens.

[ipaq3870]

voyteckst, on 13 April 2012 - 03:02 PM, said:

Does it base on latest kernel updates?

IIRC, it's 3.0.8 that tom3q was using. Probably you know it already.

rom_omnia2, on 17 April 2012 - 05:47 AM, said:

Yeah, i compiled that. But there's no .config file, so i had to use the default .config file from our 2.6.32.

make ARCH=arm omniaII_defconfig

rom_omnia2, on 17 April 2012 - 05:47 AM, said:

By the way, that new kernel 3.0.8 seems to have a new video driver, take a look at tom3q comment at ipaq3870 page:

It's not anything new. There is a stock s3cfb FB driver in the kernel even for 2.6.32.9 that you are now using. It's just not being used. Tom's 3.0 does use the stock driver - the LCD panel code, aka backlight driver has been decoupled from the framebuffer driver. I need a console to continue the work, so I just stuffed the old driver in together with the regulator driver. But I believe it's not too hard to use the stock 3.0 one. Now it's stuck in the MMC code that I don't have time to deal with...

erikcas, on 17 April 2012 - 09:29 PM, said:

Oke. I took a look @ that source for 2.6.32 and I see a lot of copy-paste from modifications from other kernels. I by nature do not trust that, don't get me wrong, I am NOT saying that it is not good. I have to look closer to have a good opinion.

Hmmm... my fixes together with those merges are all cherry-picked and hand-merged, and most tried to address oops and crash. I was trying to make a fully preemptive kernel together BFS that don't crash, and that's why you guys won't see any magical speedups. I suppose that's how kernel hacking is. Anyway, I think I've got preemptive kernel nailed - it should give a much responsive system. Still testing.

erikcas, on 17 April 2012 - 09:29 PM, said:

For example, on my latest test build froyo 2.2.3, I have improved batteryperformance over 60% (today on pretty heavy use I have left 27% battery after 14 hrs, which is significant more then it was 3 months ago). It is performing faster then it was. This on only android changes, no kernel changes. And I think it can be further improved.

Nice work! Looking forward to trying it out.

[ipaq3870]

erikcas, on 17 April 2012 - 06:44 AM, said:

There is a defconfig for kernel 3 in the arch/arm/configs dir. It isn't complete I think from which you can start. I started playing with it yesterday night. If I manage to make progress I will upload it to my github.

yes, it's i8000_defconfig.

[ipaq3870]

rom_omnia2, on 17 April 2012 - 10:59 PM, said:

Yes, he enabled a lot of things and that's what made it bigger. What i'm saying is that a "huge" kernel with a lot of useless options enabled don't help in perfomance at all. When i was enabling IPTables i noticied it, kernel was getting bigger and system was getting unstable. That's why i didn't shared the kernel with iptables enabled, wasn't stable, but it works. If anyone want it to play with firewall i can upload.

My version is only 2.57MB when compiled. If you got bigger size, you'd probably got a different toolchain than me do. I am using arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Debian 4.4.5-8) 4.4.5

And IIRC, I almost didn't enable anything that is different from the original release, except for those stated. You can compare the .config if you so wish.

[ipaq3870]

EDIT: This is considered version 1.0 of my work on the kernel and is SUPERSEDED. See this thread for updated builds and more features.

Ok, for those of you who want to try, use the attached zip (5cd78c01). It's a 16bpp branch with full kernel preemption enabled. I was also trying some wifi stuff, so your experience with wifi might not be good. As usual, no warranty whatsoever.

I suppose this build could bring notable responsiveness and improved interactivity. I am still testing it - let me know what you think.

Attached Files

•  kernel-2.6.32.9-5cd78c01.zip   2.77MB   297 downloads

Edited by ipaq3870, 28 May 2012 - 02:04 PM.

[nikkotsoi]

ipaq3870, on 19 April 2012 - 01:45 PM, said:

Ok, for those of you who want to try, use the attached zip (5cd78c01). It's a 16bpp branch with full kernel preemption enabled. I was also trying some wifi stuff, so your experience with wifi might not be good. As usual, no warranty whatsoever.

I suppose this build could bring notable responsiveness and improved interactivity. I am still testing it - let me know what you think.

replace the zimage in "mystorage"?
modules in  sdcard ext4 partition ?

[nikkotsoi]

mine is not booting?

[ipaq3870]

nikkotsoi, on 19 April 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

replace the zimage in "mystorage"?
modules in  sdcard ext4 partition ?

zImage should go to the same directory as haret that your are starting from.

nikkotsoi, on 19 April 2012 - 03:00 PM, said:

mine is not booting?

What do you see on screen?

[vakaloka]

with that kernel my omnia stucks at Android on Omnia II Loading screen. I would post a logcat if there was an output, but with this zImage it seems that no logcat is output

Edit: btw, I've got omnia installed on the sd card, not in the internal storage as I suppose you have

Edited by vakaloka, 19 April 2012 - 07:27 PM.

[synescu]

ipaq3870, on 19 April 2012 - 01:45 PM, said:

Ok, for those of you who want to try, use the attached zip (5cd78c01). It's a 16bpp branch with full kernel preemption enabled. I was also trying some wifi stuff, so your experience with wifi might not be good. As usual, no warranty whatsoever.

I suppose this build could bring notable responsiveness and improved interactivity. I am still testing it - let me know what you think.

booting it is ok, seems a little more reactive than the first but no network signal or wiareles at wall

[nikkotsoi]

synescu, on 20 April 2012 - 05:23 AM, said:

booting it is ok, seems a little more reactive than the first but no network signal or wiareles at wall

how do you install it ?
i replace the zimage and replace the "modules" in the ext4 android system partition
i installed the android in an SD card
thx

mine is stuck in the "android on omina II is loading"
when i use the original zimage but with new modules, it boots but no signal and no vibration

[synescu]

nikkotsoi, on 20 April 2012 - 09:32 AM, said:

how do you install it ?
i replace the zimage and replace the "modules" in the ext4 android system partition
i installed the android in an SD card
thx

mine is stuck in the "android on omina II is loading"
when i use the original zimage but with new modules, it boots but no signal and no vibration

I just replaced the zimage .in modules I have not touched anything yet

[ipaq3870]

vakaloka, on 19 April 2012 - 07:27 PM, said:

with that kernel my omnia stucks at Android on Omnia II Loading screen. I would post a logcat if there was an output, but with this zImage it seems that no logcat is output

Edit: btw, I've got omnia installed on the sd card, not in the internal storage as I suppose you have

synescu, on 20 April 2012 - 05:23 AM, said:

booting it is ok, seems a little more reactive than the first but no network signal or wiareles at wall

nikkotsoi, on 20 April 2012 - 09:32 AM, said:

how do you install it ?
i replace the zimage and replace the "modules" in the ext4 android system partition
i installed the android in an SD card
thx

mine is stuck in the "android on omina II is loading"
when i use the original zimage but with new modules, it boots but no signal and no vibration

You'll need the modules installed as well, or else you won't be able to boot or will have no phone.  The modules should be placed inside the /modules directory of the root partition. Hope this helps.

[nikkotsoi]

ipaq3870, on 20 April 2012 - 10:47 AM, said:

You'll need the modules installed as well, or else you won't be able to boot or will have no phone.  The modules should be placed inside the /modules directory of the root partition. Hope this helps.

yes, to make it clear
new zimage + modules installed = not boot
new zimage + old modules =boot (no vibration/phone signal/camera)
old zimage + new  modules installed =boot (no vibration/phone signal/camera)

Edited by nikkotsoi, 20 April 2012 - 02:39 PM.

[Odysseas07]

Hello

How i can replace the modules on ext4 with windows ???

Can i ???